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jiffyq58

Does the "AUTO" in the title of this auction mean that this signature is an autopen? I'm thinking that's what it must mean or the bidding would be higher for a John Young signature than this one has gotten.

Greggy_D

Definite autopen.

stsmithva

I was just wondering the same thing yesterday - almost wrote to the seller to ask. I do suspect that it is a sneaky way to sell an autopen as genuine, then if caught be able to say that the AUTO was a perfectly clear notice. Which it isn't.

Steve Zarelli

quote:Originally posted by stsmithva: I do suspect that it is a sneaky way to sell an autopen as genuine, then if caught be able to say that the AUTO was a perfectly clear notice. Which it isn't.

I think you are giving him too much credit. This seller is a high volume consignment seller. He doesn't know good from bad autographs.

Someone must have thought he/she was getting a steal. Can't imagine anyone knowingly paying that much for an autopen sig on a 3 x 5 card.

Steve Zarelli

quote:Originally posted by jiffyq58:Someone must have thought he/she was getting a steal.

They got a steal alright.

But it was the seller doing the stealing.

spaceman1953

Why is an autopen not an original autograph of an astronaut, if the President of the United States can sign legislation using the autopen as his legal signature?

Robert Pearlman

Very simply: the reason the President can legally use the Autopen is because the law does not require an original signature. At the time the Constitution was written, a legal mark could be in the form of a wax seal or an authorized signature by another man.

But really that is neither here nor there: it doesn't matter if law says an autopen is a legal signature or not, it is not an autograph. To the collector, it does not matter if a signature is legal or not, but rather than it is from the hand of the celebrity whose autograph is being sought.

bwhite1976

Well, I clicked on several of his other auctions and they all clearly state that the signatures are hand written and not autopens. The John Young auction has none of these disclaimers.